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Re: <G28>

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
I'm honestly expecting a Q&A on this to get a rather abrupt smackdown requesting the submitter not lawyer the rules and use some common sense.
The problem is though that you need to lawyer the rules. You need to go strictly by what the rules say, and not by what you personally think the intent is. I know that on our team, we thought that redirecting balls in breakaway was illegal.

<G45> Active BALL control - ROBOTS may not control BALL direction with active MECHANISMS above the BUMPER ZONE. Violation: PENALTY.

Judging from intent, it seems that you cant redirect balls. In reality active was the key word in that rule, and it wasnt defined as to what constitutes active mechanisms. Had 469 not "lawyered" the rules, we would not have seen one of the best robots in this era.

Does anyone know when update 1 comes out?
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